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From Blog Tour to Bookstore Tour: IGNORING ALVA @ Story on the Square
Emilie Khair is taking IGNORING ALVA from screens to shelves! After a successful blog tour, Emilie is heading to Story on the Square this Sunday at 2pm Eastern for a live, in-person author event you won’t want to miss. Come hear Emilie read from her warm, witty, and wise novel about two octogenarian sisters who hit the road—and hit a…
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Gently Down the Stream
Do you know what’s current? The new INSTANT NOODLES! Have you read it yet? Here’s a peek at “Early Channels,” by Diana Beckett: And don’t forget that submissions close in a week for the next issue of INSTANT NOODLES! Your work could be featured just like Diana’s! INSTANT NOODLES is always free to read, free…
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How Does a Literary Magazine Get Made?
One of the questions we’re often asked is, “How does a literary magazine get made?” In the following video, Dianne (publisher of Instant Noodles) addresses this topic, highlighting the important elements that need to be managed with consistency, professionalism, and timeliness in order to produce and publish a quality literary magazine audiences will want to…
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How to Get the Most Out of Critique Groups: A Guest Post by Virginia Watts
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The Book Tour Starts in 4 Days!!
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Back From The Atlanta Writers Conference
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Bye-bye to the Wild Ride That Was Kindle Vella
Once upon a time there was Kindle Vella (KV or Vella). And in days it will be gone. With Vella Amazon thought it could put books in competition with streaming/binge-watching. It didn’t work, or they didn’t work out the kinks in time. Kindle Vella was a way to publish a book, in episodes, with basically…
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Come Read Your Work Friday Night
I want to invite you all to come out and support PERISCOPE CITY: WHERE THE LONELY GO TO LIVE ALONE with our Valentine’s evening “Love Stinks!” reading and open mic. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 886 1135 6295Passcode: 090540 Ben’s book is, “A captivating series of short stories, both dramatically and philosophically enthralling.”KIRKUS “Ben Talbot excels…
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Italics. What Do You Do With Them?
Hi All~ Did you happen to see today’s Current Monday reel on italics? You can see it here: And you can help yourself to this easy-peasy guide to using italics correctly (It’s a free PDF for download): You can help your readers immensly by using grammar and formatting conventions that signal to them how to…
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It’s Not Too Late to Join Us!
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SNEAK PEEK
INSTANT NOODLES, Volume 4, Issue 2, drops tomorrow. Theme: “Devil’s Party,” perfect for fall, includes art and photography, music, spoken word, poetry, and short form fiction and non-fiction, plus a few full-length pieces of fiction we just couldn’t resist! I love creating the issue; it’s always a time-consuming process, but it’s one of the ones…
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A Joyful Rebellion with Current Words
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Learn How To Write A Better Book With Our Reels
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Last Chance to Score Hardboiled for Free
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Want to Ask Your Questions About Publishing?
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Hardboiled and Loaded With Sin in NEWSWEEK!
Just in time for CRIME MONTH thank you to NEWSWEEK journalist Suzanne Mattaboni for highlighting HARDBOILED AND LOADED WITH SIN! and….. It’s Crime Month! Want to read a free sample from HARDBOILED AND LOADED WITH SIN? Take a read of “The Bullet Train.” Let’s get you a copy of HARDBOILED AND LOADED WITH SIN! Get…
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Free Books Through Friday, Taxpayers!
Did tax day make you feel like you were rear-ended at a traffic light?We recommend putting Charlotte Smart on the case of the Accident. Did you hope for divine intervention?You might find it in the pages of The Holy Ghost and Other Spooky Stories. Did you have trouble telling day from night?Perhaps White Noir can help. Did it seem…